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Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 27, 2008

'One California Day'

All over California people move encased in metal and chrome, going from house to office in their cars. It's a contradiction of California living that, despite the beautiful weather and spacious streets, no one is outside.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jun 24, 2008

Not everyone is celebrating the Ogasawara Islands' anniversary

It is one of Asia's earliest and oddest ethnic melting pots, with citizens boasting names like Savory, Webb, Gonzales and Chaplin. The first piece of Far East territory to fall under U.S. control, local landmarks include the Yankeetown, the Charlie Brown and the Church of St. George, and old-timers speak...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jun 24, 2008

What should Japan be doing to ease climate change?

BUSINESS
Jun 19, 2008

Citigroup's offer to retire staff 'unacceptable': union

Citigroup Inc. has offered 1,350 employees at its consumer finance unit in Japan early retirement with two months' pay as the company withdraws from the business, a proposal the workers' union called unacceptable.
BUSINESS
Jun 13, 2008

Tokyo office vacancies rise to 3.29%

Tokyo's office vacancies rose in May to the highest level in two years as companies consolidate work space amid declining profits, the government said Thursday, noting the pace of the downturn is the sharpest in six years.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jun 6, 2008

Maru 3-kai: Maru steps up one more floor

Location, location, location. It's the cardinal rule, the holy trinity of real estate, the prerequisite for success in many a trade — and almost an essential for any restaurant. So how come one of Tokyo's most happening little diners is in a part of town that few people would ever consider their first...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 29, 2008

Cannes: sobriety and great excess

BUSINESS
May 24, 2008

Pension reserves urged split, diversified

Japan should split the nation's ¥150 trillion in pension reserves into smaller funds and diversify what they are invested in, private-sector members of a government advisory panel said.
JAPAN
May 15, 2008

Denials start Chongryon property trial

A former chief of the Public Security Intelligence Agency pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of fraud, denying that he masterminded an investment scam to swindle the pro-Pyongyang group Chongryon out of the ownership of its Tokyo headquarters building.
BUSINESS
May 15, 2008

Sony logged record sales, net profit in '07

Sony Corp. said Wednesday its sales and net profit reached record highs in the business year that ended on March 31, suggesting the company is heading for a steady business recovery as its restructuring efforts take hold.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
May 13, 2008

Landlords, support, auto advice

Reader BJ is having trouble communicating with his landlord.
BUSINESS
May 9, 2008

Forbes: Nintendo's Yamauchi richest in Japan

Hiroshi Yamauchi, former chairman of Nintendo Co., the world's biggest maker of hand-held game machines, overtook property developer Akira Mori to become the richest person in Japan, according to Forbes Asia's May 19 issue.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2008

Watanabe pushes U.S. to fix credit crisis

Likening the U.S. credit crisis to a broken bathtub leaking water, financial services minister Yoshimi Watanabe is urging Washington to inject public money to fix the problem before it gets worse.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2008

U.S. debt isn't the bargain it used to be

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — As the world's financial leaders meet in Washington this month at the World Bank-International Monetary Fund annual meeting, perhaps they should be glad there is no clear alternative to the dollar as the global currency standard.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 4, 2008

'Cloverfield'

An old gripe of Woody Allen was that America hated New York ("The rest of the country looks upon New York like we're leftwing, communist, Jewish, homosexual pornographers!" he rails in "Annie Hall"). For most of his life he had stuck staunchly by his city, showing the rest of America just what "leftwing...
BUSINESS
Apr 2, 2008

Outlook bleak, businesses say

Business sentiment among major manufacturers dropped by 8 points to 11, marking the biggest drop in three years, according to the latest Bank of Japan "tankan" survey released Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 1, 2008

Decline in housing starts shows signs of tapering off

Housing starts declined at the slowest pace in eight months in February, a sign that the economy is recovering from the building slump driven in part by a change in construction regulations.
EDITORIALS
Mar 28, 2008

The considerate thing to do

With the ruling and opposition parties at loggerheads over tax-related bills, the fiscal 2008 tax-code bill will likely fail to be enacted on or before March 31. As a result, temporarily raised gasoline and other road-related tax rates will come down to normal, leading, at least for a while, to lower...
BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2008

BOJ policy to stay flexible: Nishimura

The Bank of Japan will make "flexible" policy decisions as the economy's longest postwar expansion loses steam amid a U.S. slowdown and the yen's 13 percent surge against the dollar this year, BOJ Deputy Gov. Kiyohiko Nishimura said Thursday.
Global militaries to study India-Pakistan fighter jet battle
The Indian Air Force's Rafale fighter jets. India and Pakistan aircraft engaged in a dogfight on Wednesday.
Trump says India and Pakistan have agreed to 'immediate ceasefire'
A man stands amid debris on the roof of a damaged house, following Pakistan's military operation against India, in Rehari, Jammu, on Saturday.
Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
Clockwise from top left: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi
Suspect in Tokyo Metro stabbing chose station to highlight ‘educational abuse’
Yoshitaka Toda is escorted out of a police station in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Friday to be sent to prosecutors.
Japan stuck at starting line in tariff talks with U.S. as U.K. inks deals
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s top tariff negotiator, speaks to the press on Friday. Japan and the United States are still discussing what to negotiate.
Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
Clockwise from top left: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi
With a new Shibuya studio, Apple Music bets big on Japan
Apple Music personalities (from left) Ebro Darden, Kentaro Ochiai, Zane Lowe and Mino came together for a special recording in late April to discuss music and celebrate the newly opened Apple Music studio in Tokyo.
Kazuki Nagasawa's sustainable designs are rooted in tradition
For centuries, artisans have unraveled strands of the fibrous bark of "shuro" trees to create a medley of everyday objects. Designer Kazuki Nagasawa is now transforming the traditional material into ethereal contemporary pieces.
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 expands to become one of Asia's largest startup events
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 was bustling with participants of various nationalities Thursday, and multiple languages could be heard around the room as many engaged in conversations throughout the day.
Celebrating Japan’s defeat at Shimoda’s Black Ships Festival
Tatsumi Onose (right), who plays the part of Commodore Matthew Perry in Shimoda's Black Ship Festival, says the historical episode the event is based on should be remembered for its positives more than its negatives.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
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